“Venture All for God”: The Piety in the Writings of John Bunyan
Overview
Many Christians are familiar with The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan’s famous book written from a prison cell, which portrays the Christian life as one traveling from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. During Bunyan’s life, however, he produced nearly 60 books and tracts. Roger Duke and Phil Newton, with Drew Harris, trace the significant events that shaped Bunyan’s life and thought in a biographical introduction and, in 31 excerpts from a variety of his writings, give us a glimpse of his piety, which flowed from his desire to “venture all for God.”
- Title: “Venture All for God”: The Piety in the Writings of John Bunyan
- Author: John Bunyan
- Series: Profiles in Reformed Spirituality
- Publisher: Reformation Heritage
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christian literature, English › History and criticism; Theology › Early works to 1800
- ISBNs: 9781601781536, 1601781539
- Resource ID: LLS:VNTRFRGD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:39:13Z
John Bunyan (1628–1688) is one of the most prominent Puritans of all time. Bunyan was well known as a respected preacher during his lifetime and remembered through his writing to this day—namely The Pilgrim's Progress.
After joining the Bedford Baptist Church of Bedford, England, in 1654, Bunyan began preaching in nearby villages. He was prosecuted under an Elizabethan act against nonconformity and imprisoned for three months which was extended to twelve years. Bunyan became the pastor of St. John's Church the same month as his release from prison.
The author of more than 60 books, Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, Holy War, and his autobiographical book Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, gained a prominent and unique place in history. The Works of John Bunyan (3 vols.) includes 61 Bunyan-penned classics.